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Battle of the Bulge and the Malmedy Massacre | Ken Burns: The War

View images taken from the Battle of the Bulge the Malmedy Massacre. Weakened by Allied forces, the German army launched a final assault in World War II on the Western Front in December 1944, in the dense Ardennes forest and mountain range that stretches through Belgium, France, and Luxembourg. The Battle of the Bulge would be a bloody, costly win for American soldiers, who battled bitter cold, snow, dwindling supplies, and poor communications. In Malmedy, Belgium, German soldiers captured and murdered American prisoners. General George S. Patton’s Third Army would be key to ensuring the Allied victory.

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A German soldier moves ammunition boxes toward the forward line during the Nazi counter-offensive that would come to be know as the Battle of the Bulge. December 17, 1944. Credit: The National Archives (208-AA-202T-1).

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A motor section of the 301st Infantry's 94th Division aboard a jeep named "The Okies." May, 1945. From Mobile, Herndon Inge fought in the Battle of the Bulge and, along with Tom Galloway, was one of the prisoners temporarily freed in the Hammelburg Raid. Credit: Herndon Inge.